Ice storms

Today it will be cloudy, windy and rainy, in the northwest snow will fall. Moderate to strong east-northeastern wind in the afternoon will blow from the northwest, in eastern Bulgaria from the north-northeast, and with it will sweep in cold air. By evening in many places in northern Bulgaria and in the higher regions of western Bulgaria, the rain will turn into snow. A snow cover will form.

Today the clouds from the west-northwest will increase and by the evening they will reach the southeastern regions.

 In Western Bulgaria there will be some rain, which in the evening on the high fields and in the northwestern regions will begin to turn into snow.

The heaviest snowfall to hit Greece in 12 years triggered power cuts, disrupted transport and trapped people in their homes on Monday.

A cold front swept across the country from Saturday, driving temperatures down to -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern Greece and causing rare snowfall in Athens after a period of unseasonably warm weather.

A cold weather front has hit Greece, sending temperatures plunging from the low 20s Celsius (around 70 Fahrenheit) on Friday to well below freezing on Monday, and seeing snowfall in central Athens.

Authorities appealed to the public to restrict their movements outside to the essential only, while the main highway leading north out of the capital was shut due to snowfall.

A woman walks past an artwork installation during a snowfall in the northern city of Thessaloniki, on Sunday. 'Medea,' a new weather system has hit the northern parts of the country with very strong winds and heavy snowfalls. [AP]

As of this morning, temperatures in Greece are plummeting and strong winds are rising, the National Observatory in Athens reported a strong cyclone coming with freezing temperatures, snow, icy roads.

The weather will change sharply today.

Already in the coming hours, the northwestern wind will sweep in cold air, first in the western regions

Rainfalls will begin in the afternoon in the entire country. As temperatures drop, rain will turn into snow, but from the west to east rain will stop and snow cover will form only in the eastern and northeastern regions.

The national weather service forecasts another day when the temperatures will be rather spring-like than typical of the winter, between 13°-18°C. It will be predominantly sunny, with high broken cloudiness, but occasional rains are expected in some regions, as thunderstorms are possible again in southeastern parts of the country by midnight. Light to moderate southeastern wind.

On the last day of this week, the light rains that started on Saturday continue in some regions of Eastern Bulgaria. Clouds from west to east will briefly break during the day. Around noon, however, again from west to east the clouds will again take over the horizon. The rains from the next Mediterranean cyclone will be in the evening, at night and on Monday until noon.

The last day of the week will be cold. In the morning and evening the thermometers will drive values ​​from minus 5 to minus 15 degrees, and during the day - from zero to minus 5 degrees. A yellow code for dangerous cold weather is in force for the whole country.

-27 degrees on Mount Musala